Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-08
y LOST IDENTITY.
BIZ HARRIET PRESCOTT sPoFFoRD.
(CopE Ti<hted 1871
PART 7

l.
When two young seedlings. planted side by SIDE
watered by the same shower, warmed by the same
sun, shaken by the same breezes, have grown so
close together tina. their roots make one tangle
and their stems FIBRE how is II possible tosep-
arate them and leave them any life at al. Sep
arated. can they be more than dead wood to be
used for the purposes or others. with Vitality or
joy OF their own further than the log has that
burns upon the hearth? thought OF that once In
looking ON the union OF Leonard and Helena.
Never have seen two people 50 sufficient to them
selves through all the changes OF the planet sep
arated, would either OF them i've other than as .
soulless shadow They thought not-ino;iHg at
their happiness as IL it were thing held in their
hands; mash2med OF their love, aud speaking OF
At freely in any passionate moment.
81 thinA, she had once said, '-tbat If we were
east away upon a desert island. with Just book
or two, we should De 80 happy as TO ask for MOTH
Ing more"
Il have often thought OF it, he answered her.
"H0w much 1T enc We are, DO you know there are
substances that Tor a long time seem to he
simple, Ole element only. strong potent for good
bdt ind at last anu mix with such substance its
pJypFfi,i stfarktpq acid and IL resolves into two
principles, each faint pOweTe@S, good neither for
Itself nor for anything else II death should be
That powerful attacking force Tor US. resolving Us
Into something other than the one we are"
death cannot DO it :" she cried trfUmphantiy.
NO. he said life cannot do il. Not even
IL and beyond ft,v
They could hardly remember time when they
had not been part or each other. In childhood or
youth or maturity. Although there was differ
ence Of two or three years in their ages, pleas
ure was comPleSe FOR Helena unless Leonard shared
~, and the sorrow OF one was the sorrow OF both
When not yet strong enough TO climb they used to
kiss each other through the wickets. Later they
played together in the orchard grass and fell
asleep in anOt hers arms beneath the Old plum
trees there. Helena i've years Old-a little
gipsy-lke creature. with her great black eyes ard
zach color, and The fine flowing threads OF her
thick black hair about her face-and Leonard,
fair and comeiy as child Of light, when they set
Tn TOLL tn ff. and Of and
In hand, along the dusky highway in the sun, TIL
the end seemed as far of as the beginning.
They were children OF much promise. and Hell
ena'S ambitions did not suffer her tn remain far
behind Leonard IN their studies. When he went
sway 10 school she felt as ii some integral portion
OF herself had been severed from the rest: and she
forgot her aching and loneliness only by Duryfng
herself IN her books When he came home ne told
her how bitter were those first days without her
perhaps the next half term was not 50 hart 10
him. II was just a. hard 10 Helena. alone with
her books, without the stimulus or contact with
class, but content with only his emulation
and appreciation. She would lose herself in the
delights OF her geonet real demonstration which
had sort OF poetry in IL, to her mind, in the
vels OF her astronomy or chemistry, but In the re-
naming moments she only seemed 10 live TN
Leonard should come home again. She went with
Others. 10 his examination when school was end
ing. She knew the theorem almost as well
web; but how swiftly and simply and
easily he made the one plain, how
And when he recited the ballad OF Naseby, with
white face and FIRE kindlng in those lum-
nous gray eyes, her heart thrilled aud her blood
ran cold, although in studying by herself she had
hated all the Puritan rant. That was sad 10 her
that she and Leonard should not think alike In all
Things; but they did not She formed her FEM
mime conclusions alone, and he had subtle and
complished masters, and further reach and
fuller grasp OF mind Re had great mind, she
the world. whether he went into politics and
helped ''recast the nations old into another
mould" whether he sat down with philosopht-
cal thesis and taught people how to think. or
whether be took his medical degree and con-
cerned himself with the origin OF matter. And
then. at last, Leonard was in college, coming
home and inseparable from her in his long vdca-
lions. but beginning to have thousand thoughts
that were not her thoughts.
.How strange it IS she said to him one day,
after an historical discussion. THAT who used
10 have one thought are growing 50 apart"
ave shall never grow apart. even fr one Of Us
thinks white black anG the other thinks it blue"
he responded. Those are surface things: they 90
not change our natures and ourselves 6ut for all
your hatred OF the enemies OF church and king.
you are Puritan OF the Puritans yourself. I!y
lady" he said. with his testing voice: and h,
laughed he said il. twisting the long loose tre.s
OF darkness that had fallen on his shoulder they
or her fancless She was still the same sweet
Helena
How can you say such a thingen
because it y true. You reprOach me for loving
the Naseby ballad-you, Who nave Inherited from
of mind their atsIeTity OF conviction. therI sup
pose II you knew won nifty dollars at cards the
night before came home
sob, Leonard. Leonard.
81 said 80. The PURITAN
''rhe Puritan she exclaimed, the tears sus-
pended on neT gittteTiag lsshcS s.iIava | their
Intolerance, their cruelty, their vulgarity, their
.sYou have their habit OF thought. altered TO the
altered times. You are not the Puritan OF the
Seventeenth century. but you are OF the Nine
teenth. Yo1 are ready 10 cry because won some
she could not be angry
Il should uo5 tl,tnk YOU would care for society If
..h,.sh, hush: ~ he answered her. 81 allow no
body 10 abuse my friends"
BIT, Leonard, about the cards? You know how
aar@"rUuS il i. how rulnoUs how Il Gestroys Ine
Very nh-T ~ the mind
TO win money 81 cards? LOOK here, Helena, if
you gaze - ih =, Cli iFIIinSlE as that may Ae
you Il promise And It wO1Id be cruelty TO exact
II, IoT piag an excellent game"
she was 20 beautiful 10 him in her indI-nat ion
that b. cared nothing about the Indignation.
when the cci.rse days were over their triUmDhs
lad been Hclen.s - much as IeJ.arti:s. ana Tfsn
before sitting TO the study OF his profession he
went a5p'l5 The country little, and Ut the end OF
u spent the time IL Earote Thought necessary
fTSVe! en.irSrS the point or yIsw or eleyaf-5 IT,
he.ei3 ie.t When Leonard returned that there was
s0Ile hing about ne masculine mind. whether in
beyond her feminine p3%er: and Vet She Eeyer
seemed Sweete- 70 Leonard than II that moment
There was tribe OF pesfsivcIrs5 aDOiI her. too
taat vas wonderfully attractive in one OF : wan
tOa SPLITS a ncr.S OiIeu Were: The melancholy
Gr'op q tAe long BLACK l3sh touched the heart
WIN : sort u pleasant pain.
But Leonard was out III the world now: he no
lcager spent every moment with He.ena. He was
2t.-uing hiS profession, and he was led ather and
ltither DV tie moment. tie had an interest and
i curiosity IN every th!Eg,-aEG sometimes II WIS
iact OF science and some lines II was a pretty
s'rL AZ ht iolOWed the pretty girl as he would a
show IN The street. Turing him OFF 10 him She
Was only i picture, with some human Interest
dcded, Dut 10 Interest GI hts how was Helena
U Know IT. The melancholy dTo0p the Ist,h be-
came a drC0p OF the lovely corners Of the mouth
a VEL Leonard was hers. had always been hers
mat anotHeT person should attract him seemed 10
her ROBBERY OF her own identity. And apoar-
entIy that yeII0wh&!red Louisa Dane was attract
Ms aim with those sietChilg fingers OF hers The
one oeiect IL Leonard Was tnat ne had love OF
music, anu music as the passion or He!ena's soul
On the OtneT hand, he had lair talent with his
pencil, ana Louisa Dane knew how To spill the
color from Aer brushes In way that kinded the
warmth OF ais admiration As for Helena. she
eoQlo not ORA" a straight line or a crooked one
II leoAaru wanted 10 stroll eft SketcHing with
Louisa Dane he was free 20 90 80; she had I0rfgt
Acf a poor sort OF tuing- Ana II he forget her in
amusing himself this dark fCreigne? t:iusepre
AaidOni- WHO had Gri1Jcd 10 The great county
Town AMI MAS giving music lessons there Knew
iOW 10 h--,:Il YOGr soul out Ol your BODY sud fbe
mornings Helena and Giuseppe SDcl.t togcthey
nothing hut music
What under heaven 90 yOu see IN that sJyarrhy
SOh OF laUnie-e asked Leonard. one ,lay with
SeNation, meeting Tie tJall2a going ok.
-ll that You ste IN that daughter II tie srcIS
ucNlLelE tan AID Iltrt dyinely i.iI- she r.I,i.e,i
= community Ot interest
'Nhat community OF interest can have with
Louisa D3ae. ne csied ''>he Is teaching .ac 10
mix nv cOiorS.7 ~ ~
and Giuseppe IS teaching, me ho,y IN move tho